Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Ch'en Ta

Dr. Chen Ta

陈達字通央

(Ch'en Ta)

Dr. Chen Ta is a native of Yuhang, Hangchow, China. He studied Chinese at home under private tutorship, then went to the primary school of his district, and after graduation went to the Middle School at Hangchow. In 1911, he was admitted to Tsing Hua College, Peking. Five years later, he was sent to the United States for higher education. He received his A. B. degree from Reed College, Portland, Oregon, in 1919, his A. M. degree from Columbia University in 1920, and his Ph. D. degree from Columbia University in 1923. In the year 1919-20, Dr. Chen was editor of the Chinese Students Quarterly, which is published by the Chinese Students Alliance in the United States. During the academic year 1920-21, he was University Fellow in Social Science at Columbia University. He was asociated with the Chinese Delegation to the Disarmament Conference, held at Washington, D. C, November 11, 1921 to February 14, 1922. He is author of Chinese Migrations, with special reference to labor conditions, bulletin No. 340 of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. Since 1923, he has been instructor at Tsing Hua College, and concurrently editor of the Tsing Hua Journal, a quarterly magazine published in the Chinese language.